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Vacasika 65 Vata
Vacasika (adj.) [fr. vaca] connected with speech, verbal
some moral characterization, as the foil., frequently
found : atthasaghita A 111.244 ; kalyana" A in. 195, 261 ;
rv.296 ; V.155 ; pisuna & pharusa A 1.128, 174, 268 sq. ;
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111.433 ; IV.247 sq. ; DA 1.74, 75 ; Nd' 220, and passim ;
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rakkhita° S iv.112; vikinna" S 1.61, 204; A 1.70;
111.199. 391 sq. ; sacca° A 11. 141, 228; sanha A 11. 141,
228; in.244 ; 1V.172 ; see also vacl-sucarita ; sainma°
Vbh 105, 106, 235; VbhA no; see also magga ; hlna
etc. S 11.54.
-Anurakkhin guarding
vacaya sag vara DhA
one's speech Dh 281 (cp.
iv.86). -ibhilapa "speechjabbering,"
forbidden talk Sn 49 (i. e. the 32 tiracchanakatha
Nd' 561). -uggata with well intoned speech
Miln 10. -yata restrained in speech Sn 850 (= yatta
gutta rakkhita Nd' 221). -vikkhepa confusion of speech,
equivocation D 1.24 sq. ;
DA 1.115.
Vacetar [n. ag. fr. vaceti] one who teaches or instructs
D 1. 123.
Vaceti [Caus. of vac] to make speak or recite, to teach : see
vatti. — pp. vacita.
Idg. •ueft, cp. vajeti, vajra
Vaja [cp. Vedic vaja strength ;
(P. vajira) ; Lat! vegeo to be alert [" vegetation "],
vigeo to be strong [" vigour "] ; Av. va«ra ; Oicel.
wakr= Ags.
strength, a
wacor= Ger. wacker ;
strength-giving drink.
E. wake, etc.]
Soma SnA 322.
i.
2. the feather of an arrow J iv.260 ; v. 130.
Vajapeyya [cp. Vedic vajapeya ; see Macdonell, Vedic
Mythology pp. 131 sq., 155, quoting Weber, Vajapeya;
Banerjea, Public Administration etc. 92] the vajapeya
sacrifice, a soma offering. Spelling often vaca° (mostly
as V. 1.) ; see S 1.76; A 11.42 ; iv.151 ; Sn 303; It 21 ;
Miln 219 ; J in. 5 18. Cp. peyya*.
V&jita (adj.) [pp. of vajeti : see vaja] feathered (of an
arrow) M 1.429.
Vajin (adj.-n.) [fr. vaja] possessed of strength or swiftness ;
ahorse,stalUonDavsi.3i ; v.35 (sita°), 53 (sasi-pa?«Jara°) ;
VVA278.
Va^a [cp. Class. Sk. vata ; on etym. see Walde, Lat. Wth.
s. V. vallus] enclosure, enclosed place Vin 11. 154. See
aOso yafifia".
Vataka (-°) [fr- vata] enclosure, circle, ring ; in gala° the
throat circle, i. e. the bottom of the throat Vism 258
DhsA 316 ; DhA
1.394 ; candala" circle of Caijdalas
brahmana" of Brahmins DhA iv.i 77.
(contrasted with kayika & cetasika) Vin iv.2 ; Pug 2 1 ;
Miln 91 ; Vism 18; DhsA 324. — As nt. noun at Miln
352 in meaning " ;
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behaviour in speech."
Vaca (f.) [vac, vakti & vivakti ; cp. vacah (P. vaco) Vedic
;
vak (vac°) voice, word, vakya ; Av. vacah & vaxs word ;
Gr. tVoc word, lii// voice, I-at. vox= voice,' voco to call ;
Ohg. gi-wahan to mention etc. The P. form vScS is a
remodelling of the nom. vac after the obUque cases, thus ;
J
transforming it from the cons. decl. to a vowel (°a)
decl. Of the old inflexion we only find the instr. vaca
Sn 130, 232. The comp" forms are both vaca° and
ad"] word, saying, speech; also as adj. (-") vaca
speaking, of such a speech (e. g. duftha" Pv 1.3^, so to
be read for dukkha°). — D in. 69 sq., 96 sq., 171 sq. ;
S IV. 1 32 (in triad kayena vacaya manasa : see kaya iii.,
and mano 11. 3) ; Sn 232 (kayena vaca uda cetasa va),
397, 451 sq., 660, 973, 1061 (=vacana Nd^ $to) ; Nd'
—^ 504; DhsA 324 (vuccati ti vaca). In sequence vaca
gira byappatha vacibheda vacasika viniiatti, as a def
of speech Vin 1V.2, expl" at DhsA 324 : see byappatha.
— vacaij bhindati ; ( ) to modify the speech or expression
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SnA 216 (cp. vSkya-bheda DhsA 324). — (2) to use a
word, so say something Vin 1157 ; M 1.207 (Neumann,
"das Schweigen brechen ") ; Miln 231 (i. e. to break
silence ? So Rh. D. trsl°). Cp. the English expression
"to break the news." — vaca is mostly appUed with
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Vaitija [fr. vaijij (vanik) : see vanijja lit. son of a mer-
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chant ; Vedic vanija] a merchant, trader Vin in. 6 (assa°) ;
Sn 614, 651, 1014; J V.156 (so read for va°) ; Pv i.io«;
Davs 1.58; KhA 224; SnA 251 ; PvA 47, 48, 100. 191,
215, 271. On similes with v. see J.P.T.S. 1907, 134.
Vifijaka = vanija S 11.215 (suci°) ; J 111.540.
VaQijja (f.) [fr. vanija, cp. vanijja] trade, trading Vin
IV. 6 (as one of the exalted professions) ; PvA in, 201,
273. 277-
Vata [Vedic vata, of vS; cp. Sk. vati & vayati to blow,
vayu wind ; Lat. ventus, Goth, winds = wind ; Ohg.
wajan to blow, Oir. feth air; Gr. iiiiiii to blow, di;ri,t
wind, Lith. ^udra storm etc.] wind. There exists a
common distinction of winds into 2 groups "
"
: internal
and "external" winds, or the ajjhattika vayo-dhatu
(wind category), and the bahira. They are discussed
at Vbh 84, quoted at MA 30. 31, and expl"" in detail at
VbhA 70 sq. ; Vism 350. The bdhird aiso at Nd^ 562,
and in poetical form at S IV.218. — The internal winds
(see below 2) comprise the foil. : uddhangama vata,
adhogama, kucchisaya, kottbasasaya, angam-ang'anusarino,
satthaka. khuraka, uppalaka, assaso, passaso,
i. e. all kinds of winds (air) or drawing pains
(rheumatic ?) in the body, from hiccup, stitch and
stomach-ache up to breathing.
Their compliment are
the external winds (see below i), viz. puratthima vata,
quarters of the
pacchima, uttara, dakkhina (from the 4
sky), saraja araja, sita uiiha, paritta adhimatta, kaja,
verambha°, pakkha", supanna°, talavanta°, vidhQpana.°
These are characterized according to direction,
dust, temperature, force, height & other causes (Uke
fanning etc.). — i. wind (of the air) S iv.218 (vata
akase vayanti) ; Sn 71, 348, 591 (vato tulai) va dhagsaye),
622, 1074 ; J 1.72 ; Pug 32 ; Vism 31. adhimatta
v. S1V.56; rnaha" S 11.88 ; A1.136, 205; 11.199; iv.312 :
veramba° (winds blowing in high regions : upari akase
S11.231) A 1.
1 37 ;Th:. 598;; J VI. 326.— 2. "winds" of the
body, i. e. pains caused by (bad) circulation, sometimes
simply (uncontrolled) movements in the body, sometimes
rheumatic pains, or sharp & dragging pains in var. parts
of the body Nett. 74. Also applied to certain humours,
supposed to be caused by derangements of the " winds "
of the body (cp. Gr. Sv/int ; or E. slang " get the wind
up "), whereas normal " winds " condition normal
health : Pv 11.6' (tassa vata baliyanti : bad winds become
strong, i. e. he is losing his senses, cp. PvA 94 : um-
mada-vata). — anga° pain in the limbs (or joints),
rheumatism Vin 1.205 ; udara" belly ache J 1.393, 433 :
DhA IV. 129; kammaja° birth-pains Vism 500; kucchi°
pains in the abdomen (stomach) VbhA 5 ; pitthi" pains
in the back ibid. — 3. (fig) atmosphere, condidon, state ;
or as pp.
(of vayati) scented (with), full of, pervaded
(by), at Vin 1.39 (vijana° pervaded by loneliness, having
an atmosphere of loneliness; Kern. Toev. s. v. vata
wrongly " troop, crowd." The same passage occurs at
D III. 38, where Rh. D., Dial. 111.35, fr^l* " where the
breezes from the pastures blow " with expl° vijana=
;
vrjana [see vajati], hardly justified. In same connection
at A IV.88) ; Miln 19 (isi°-parivata scented with an
atmosphere of Sages; Rh. D. differently: "bringing
down the breezes from the heights where the Sages
dwell"; forced). — On vata in similes see J.P.T.S.
iQOy I s >•
-atapa (Dvandva) wind and heat. In this phrase
Bdhgh. takes vata as wind (above i) at Vism 31 (saraja
& araja v.), but as (bodily) pain (above 2) at VbhA 5.
See D in.353; S 11.88; 111.54 ; v.379 ; A
1.204; 11.117,
143, 199; 111.394 sq.. 404: V.15, 127: Sn 52 ; J 1.93;
Miln 259, 314. 416; DhA 111.112. -abadha " wmd
disease," internal pains (not rheumatism) Vin 1.205;
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